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CANYON, Texas – The #17 Buffaloes of West Texas A&M continue their homestand on Saturday afternoon as they host the Patriots of Dallas Baptist in Heartland Conference action starting at 1 p.m. at The Pitch inside of the Buffalo Sports Complex in Canyon.
 
DALLAS BAPTIST
The Patriots enter the weekend with an overall record of 3-11-1 with a 1-10-0 mark in Heartland Conference play following a 3-0 road loss at Eastern New Mexico on Thursday night to extend their losing streak to seven matches.
 
DBU is led offensively by Riley Unger with five goals on the season for 10 overall points. The Patriots average 0.67 goals per game on 135 total shots with 55 of those falling on goal. Tristen Olvera is 2-4-1 in goal for DBU, allowing 18 goals with 31 saves for a percentage of .633.
 
Chip Dutchik enters his fourth season as the Head Men's Soccer Coach at Dallas Baptist University.  In 2017, Dutchik guided the Patriots to a seven-win season, their second highest win total since the soccer program returned to the DBU campus in 2012.
 
THE SERIES
Saturday afternoon will mark the 11th overall meeting on the pitch between the Buffs and Patriots dating back to the 1992 season. WT is a perfect 10-0 all-time against DBU including a 6-0 mark against the Patriots in Canyon with two of those wins coming inside of the Buffalo Sports Park. The Buffs have outscored the Patriots 42-5 in the series.
 
THE LAST MEETING
West Texas A&M scored two goals within four minutes in the first half en route to a 3-0 win at Dallas Baptist back on October 14, 2017 as Julio Vargas scored two goals in the victory.
 
WT outshot DBU 13-4 and 6-1 in shots on goal. Vargas had four shots on frame with two goals in 65 minutes of action. Goalkeeper Alexander Vencel tallied his fourth shutout of the season dropping his goals against average to 0.91, as he had one save in the game.
 
HEARTLAND CONFERENCE PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
West Texas A&M's Reece Schattle and Alexander Vencel were honored for their efforts on the pitch on Monday afternoon as the pair of Buffs earned Heartland Conference Men's Soccer Player of the Week honors following a pair of big road wins.
 
WT HEAD COACH BUTCH LAUFFER
Butch Lauffer enters his 28th season as head men's soccer coach at West Texas A&M. Lauffer is now the longest tenured head coach in West Texas A&M history in a storied career dating back to 1991. Lauffer reached the 500-win plateau on September 30th of last season in Odessa, Texas with a dominating 13-2 win over UT Permian Basin.
 
During his tenure, Lauffer has coached the men to 26 consecutive non-losing seasons and the women to 12-plus victories in 12 seasons. Lauffer has recorded a 327-147-35 (.661) record at the helm of the Buffs with a 517-214-52 (.680) overall record at WT.
 
NATIONALLY SPEAKING
Entering the week, the Buffs ranked fourth in the nation in total points (128.0) and goals scored (45.0) . WT ranked sixth in shots per game (18.64) and seventh in scoring offense (3.21) and total assists (38.0) while sitting eighth in points per game (9.14) and 10th in assists per game (2.71).
 
LAST TIME OUT
The #17 Buffaloes of West Texas A&M finished the night with 16 shots on a cold and rainy night at The Pitch in Canyon as the lone goal in the 70th minute gave WT their third straight victory in a 1-0 win over the visiting Hilltoppers of St. Edward's in Heartland Conference action.
 
The Buffs got on the board in the 70th minute as Stefan Andjelic send a cross to the top of the box as Callum Challinor chested the ball to Louise Gueye who finished from 15 yards out to the lower left corner of the net for the 1-0 lead and the junior's first career goal. Alexander Vencel was solid in goal again for the Buffs as the reigning United Soccer Coaches Division II National Player of the Week registered four saves on six shots faced.